An interesting Q&A . Test your knowledge

An interesting Q&A . Test your knowledge; don't be ashamed if you are unable to answer most of the questions...

Even if you  answer five questions its great.

1. What programming language is GOOGLE developed in?

    2. What is the expansion of YAHOO?

    3. What is the expansion of ADIDAS?

    4. Expansion of Star as in Star TV Network?

    5. What is expansion of "ICICI?"

    6. What does "baker's dozen" signify?

    7. The 1984-85 season. 2nd ODI between India and Pakistan at Sialkot-

       India210/3 with Vengsarkar 94*. Match
abandoned. Why?

    8. Who is the only man to have written the National Anthems

       for two different countries?

    9. From what four word expression does the word `goodbye` derive?

    10. How was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu better known?

    11. Name the only other country to have got independence on Aug
15th?

    12. Why was James BondAssociated with the Number 007?

    13. Who faced the first ball in the first ever One day match?

    14. Which cricketer played for South Africabefore it was banned from

        international cricketand later represented Zimbabwe?

    15. The faces of which four Presidents are carved at Mt.Rushmore?

    16. Which is the only country that is surrounded from all sides
by

        only one country (other than Vatican)?

    17. Which is the only sport which is not allowed to play left
handed?

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  Q1. What programming language is GOOGLE developed in?

  A1. Googleis written in Asynchronous
java-script and XML, or itsacronym Ajax ..

  Q2. What is the expansion of YAHOO?

  A2. Yet Another Hierarchy of Officious Oracle

  Q3. What is the expansion of ADIDAS?

  A3. ADIDAS- All Day I Dream About Sports

  Q4. Expansion of Star as in Star TV Network?

  A4. Satellite Television Asian Region

  Q5. What is expansion of "ICICI?"

  A5. Industrial credit and Investments Corporation of India

  Q6. What does "baker's dozen" signify?

  A6. A baker's dozen consists of 13 items - 1 more than the items in a  normal dozen

  Q7. The 1984-85 season. 2nd ODI between India and Pakistan at Sialkot

     - India 210/3
with Vengsarkar 94*. Match abandoned. Why?

  A7. That match was abandoned after people heard the news of Indira
            Gandhibeing killed.

  Q8. Who is the only man to have written the National Anthems for two different countries?

  A8. Rabindranath Tagorewho wrote national anthem for two different

      countries one is Indian National anthemand another one is for Bangladesh- (Amar Sonar* *Bangla)

  Q9. From what four word expression does the word `goodbye` derive?

  A9. Goodbye comes from the ex-pression: 'god be with you'.

  Q10. How was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu better known?

  A10. Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu is none other Mother Teresa.

  Q11. Name the only other country to have got independence on Aug 15th?

  A11. SouthKorea..

  Q12. Why was James Bond Associated with the Number 007?

  A12. Because 007 is the ISD code for Russia(or the USSR , as it
was

       known during the cold war)

  Q13. Who faced the first ball in the first ever One day match?

  A13. Geoffrey Boycott

  Q14. Which cricketer played for South Africa before it was banned from      
      international cricket and later represented Zimbabwe ?

  A14. JohnTraicos

  Q15. The faces of which four Presidents are carved at Mt.Rushmore?

  A15. GeorgeWashington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and

       Abraham Lincoln

  Q16. Which is the only country that is surrounded from all sides by

      only one country (other than Vatican )?

  A16. Lesotho
surrounded from all sides by South Africa ..

  Q17. Which is the only sport which is not allowed to play left handed?

  A17. Polo
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